The moment the dark portal opened, Ka’ya stepped through. A moment later, Alexandru had sealed the portal behind them. Faint light streamed in through the roof of the gathering hall. They had entered into a long, walled off section used for preparing meals.
Ka’ya kept the arrow ready on her bow and stepped closer to the doorway leading into the main hall. She peeked around the corner. The soft sounds of whimpers and the soothing hush of a child’s voice told her that Elder Mayleaf had been right. From what she could see, almost fifty of the village children were inside the great hall.
She was about to step around the corner when a shadow moved out of the corner of her eye. Drawing back, she watched as a tall, gangly skeletal figure walked by – the empty sockets where its eyes should have
